2020年全国I卷
A
Train Information
All customers travelling on TransLink services must be in possession of a valid ticket before boarding. For ticket information，please ask at your local station or call 13 12 30.
While Queensland Rail makes every effort to ensure trains run as scheduled，there can be no guarantee of connections between trains or between train services and bus services.
Lost property(失物招领)
Call Lost property on 13 16 17 during business hours for items lost on Queensland Rail services.
The lost property office is open Monday to Friday 7:30am to 5:00pm and is located (位于)at Roma Street station.
Public holidays
On public holidays, generally a Sunday timetable operates. On certain major event days, i.e.
Australia Day, Anzac Day, sporting and cultural days, special additional services may operate.
Christmas Day services operate to a Christmas Day timetable. Before travel please visittranslink.com.au or call TransLink on 13 12 30 anytime.
Customers using mobility devices
Many stations have wheelchair access from the car park or entrance to the station platforms.
For assistance, please Queensland Rail on 13 16 17.
Guardian trains (outbound)
Depart | Origin | Destination | Arrive |
6:42pm | Altandi | Varsity Lakes | 7:37pm |
7:29pm | Central | Varsity Lakes | 8:52pm |
8:57pm | Fortitude Valley | Varsity Lakes | 9:52pm |
11:02pm | Roma Street | Varsity Lakes | 12:22am |
21. What would you do to get ticketinformation?
A. Call 13 16 17.B. Visit translink .com.au.
C. Ask at the local station.D. check the train schedule.
22. At which station can you find the lost property office?
A. Altandi.B. Roma Street.C. Varsity Lakes.D. Fortitude Valley.
23. Which train would you take if you go from central to Varsity Lakes?
A.6:42 pm.B.7:29 pm.C.8:57 pm.D.11:02 pm.
答案解析：
21. C. 根据Train Information部分的第二句话"For ticket information, please ask at your local station or call 13 12 30."可知，要获取车票信息，可以在当地车站询问或拨打13 12 30。因此，选项C是正确的。
22. B.根据Lost property部分的第三句话"The lost property office is open Monday to Friday 7:30am to 5:00pm and is located at Roma Street station."可知，失物招领办公室位于罗马街车站。因此，选项B是正确的。
23. B.根据Guardian trains (outbound)部分的第二行信息，从Central出发到Varsity Lakes的火车是7:29 pm发车。因此，选项B是正确的。
B
Returning to a book you’ve read many times can feel like drinks with an old friend. There’s a welcome familiarity — but also sometimes a slight suspicion that time has changed you both, and thus the relationship. But books don’t change, people do. And that’s what makes the act of rereading so rich and transformative.
The beauty of rereading lies in the idea that our bond with the work is based on our present mental register. It’s true, the older I get, the more I feel time has wings. But with reading, it’s all about the present. It’s about the now and what one contributes to the now, because reading is a give and take between author and reader. Each has to pull their own weight.
There are three books I reread annually. The first, which I take to reading every spring is Emest Hemningway’s A Moveable Feast. Published in 1964, it’s his classic memoir of 1920s Paris. The language is almost intoxicating (令人陶醉的), an aging writer looking back on an ambitious yet simpler time. Another is Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm, her poetic 1975 ramble (随笔) about everything and nothing. The third book is Julio Cortazar’s Save Twilight: Selected Poems, because poetry. And because Cortazar.
While I tend to buy a lot of books, these three were given to me as gifts, which might add to the meaning I attach to them. But I imagine that, while money is indeed wonderful and necessary, rereading an author’s work is the highest currency a reader can pay them. The best books are the ones that open further as time passes. But remember, it’s you that has to grow and read and reread in order to better understand your friends.
24. Why does the author like rereading?
A. It evaluates the writer-reader relationship.
B. It’s a window to a whole new world.
C. It’s a substitute for drinking with a friend.
D. It extends the understanding of oneself.
25. What do we know about the book A Moveable Feas?
A. It’s a brief account of a trip.
B. It’s about Hemingway’s life as a young man.
C. It’s a record of a historic event.
D. It’s about Hemingway’s friends in Paris.
26. What does the underlined word “currency” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Debt B. Reward. C. Allowance. D. Face value.
27. What can we infer about the author from the text?
A. He loves poetry. B. He’s an editor.
C. He’s very ambitious. D. He teaches reading.
答案解析：
24. D. 根据第二段的内容，尤其是最后一句话"It’s about the now and what one contributes to the now, because reading is a give and take between author and reader. Each has to pull their own weight."以及第三段的内容，作者提到重读的美丽在于与作品的联系基于我们当前的思想状态，这表明重读可以帮助我们更好地理解自己。因此，选项D是正确的。
25. B. 根据第三段中对《A Moveable Feast》的描述，"it’s his classic memoir of 1920s Paris. The language is almost intoxicating, an aging writer looking back on an ambitious yet simpler time."可知，这本书是海明威对20世纪20年代巴黎生活的回忆录，是他在老年时回顾自己年轻时的生活。因此，选项B是正确的。
26. B. 根据上下文，作者提到重读一个作者的作品是读者能支付给他们的最高"currency"，在这里"currency"指的是一种价值或回报，而不是债务、津贴或面值。因此，选项B是正确的。
27. A. 根据第三段提到的作者每年重读的三本书之一是"Julio Cortazar’s Save Twilight: Selected Poems, because poetry. And because Cortazar."可知，作者喜欢诗歌。其他选项没有在文中提及或暗示。因此，选项A是正确的。
C
Race walking shares many fitness benefits with running, research shows, while most likely contributing to fewer injuries. It does, however, have its own problem.
Race walkers are conditioned athletes. The longest track and field event at the summer Olympics is the 50-kilometer race walk, which is about five miles longer than the marathon. But the sport’s rules require that a race walker’s knees stay straight through most of the leg swing and one foot remain in contact (接触) with the ground at all times. It’s this strange form that makes race walking such an attractive activity, however, says Jaclyn Norberg, an assistant professor of exercise science at Salem state university in Salem, Mass.
Like running, race walking is physically demanding, she says. according to most calculations, race walkers moving at a pace of six miles per hour would burn about 800 calories(卡路里) per hour, which is approximately twice as many as they would burn walking, although fewer than running, which would probably burn about 1,000 or more calories per hour.
However, race walking does not pound the body as much as running does, Dr. Norberg says. according to her research, runners hit the ground with as much as four times their body weight per step, while race walkers, who do not leave the ground, create only about 1.4 times their body weight with each step.
As a result, she says, some of the injuries associated with running, such as runner’s knee, are uncommon among race walkers. But the sport’s strange form does place considerable stress on the ankles and hips, so people with a history of such injuries might want to be cautious in adopting the sport. In fact, anyone wishing to try race walking should probably first consult a coach or experienced racer to learn proper technique, she says. It takes some practice.
28. Why are race walkers conditioned athletes?
A. They must run long distances.
B. They are qualified for the marathon.
C. They have to follow special rules.
D. They are good at swinging their legs.
29. What advantage does race walking have over running?
A. It’s more popular at the Olympics.
B. It’s less challenging physically.
C. It’s more effective in body building.
D. It’s less likely to cause knee injuries.
30 What is Dr. Norberg’s suggestion for someone trying race walking?
A. Getting experts’ opinions.
B. Having a medical checkup.
C. Hiring an experienced coach.
D. Doing regular exercises.
31. Which word best describes the author’s attitude to race walking?
A. Skeptical.B. Objective.
C. Tolerant.D. Conservative.
答案解析：
28. C. 根据第二段的内容，尤其是提到了竞走运动员在比赛时必须遵守的规则："a race walker’s knees stay straight through most of the leg swing and one foot remain in contact with the ground at all times."这表明竞走运动员需要遵循特殊的规则。因此，选项C是正确的。
29. D. 根据第四段的内容，尤其是提到了竞走与跑步相比，对身体的冲击较小，而且像跑步者膝这样的伤害在竞走运动员中不常见。因此，选项D是正确的。
30. A. 据最后一段的建议，"anyone wishing to try race walking should probably first consult a coach or experienced racer to learn proper technique"可知，Norberg博士建议想要尝试竞走的人应该首先咨询教练或有经验的运动员来学习正确的技巧。因此，选项A是正确的。
31. B. 整篇文章中，作者提供了关于竞走的利弊的信息，没有表现出偏见或强烈的个人情感，而是以一种客观的方式介绍了竞走这项运动。因此，选项B是正确的。
D
The connection between people and plants has long been the subject of scientific research. Recent studies have found positive effects. A study conducted in Youngstown, Ohio, for example, discovered that greener areas of the city experienced less crime. In another, employees were shown to be 15% more productive when their workplaces were decorated with houseplants.
The engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT) have taken it a step further changing the actual composition of plants in order to get them to perform diverse, even unusual functions. These include plants that have sensors printed onto their leaves to show when they’re short of water and a plant that can detect harmful chemicals in groundwater. “We’re thinking about how we can engineer plants to replace functions of the things that we use every day,” explained Michael Strano, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT.
One of his latest projects has been to make plants grow (发光) in experiments using some common vegetables. Strano’s team found that they could create a faint light for three-and-a-half hours. The light, about one-thousandth of the amount needed to read by, is just a start. The technology, Strano said, could one day be used to light the rooms or even to turn tree into self-powered street lamps.
In the future, the team hopes to develop a version of the technology that can be sprayed onto plant leaves in a one-off treatment that would last the plant’s lifetime. The engineers are also trying to develop an on and off “switch” where the glow would fade when exposed to daylight.
Lighting accounts for about 7% of the total electricity consumed in the US. Since lighting is often far removed from the power source (电源) —such as the distance from a power plant to street lamps on a remote highway-a lot of energy is lost during transmission (传输) .
Glowing plants could reduce this distance and therefore help save energy.
32. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. A new study of different plants.
B. A big fall in crime rates.
C. Employees from various workplaces.
D. Benefits from green plants.
33. What is the function of the sensors printed on plant leaves by MIT engineer?
A. To detect plants’ lack of water
B. To change compositions of plants
C. To make the life of plants longer.
D. To test chemicals in plants.
34. What can we expect of the glowing plants in the future?
A. They will speed up energy production.
B. They may transmit electricity to the home.
C. They might help reduce energy consumption.
D. They could take the place of power plants.
35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Can we grow more glowing plants?
B. How do we live with glowing plants?
C. Could glowing plants replace lamps?
D. How are glowing plants made pollution-free?
答案解析：
32. D. 第一段主要讲述了人们与植物之间的关系，并通过两个研究例子来说明绿色植物带来的积极影响，即减少犯罪和提高工作效率。因此，选项D是正确的。
33. A. 根据第二段的内容，MIT的工程师们在植物叶子上打印了传感器，这些传感器可以显示植物何时缺水。因此，选项A是正确的。
34. C. 根据最后两段的内容，发光植物未来可能用于照明，从而减少能源的传输损失，帮助节约能源。因此，选项C是正确的。
35. C. 整篇文章讨论了MIT工程师们如何通过改变植物的组成使其发光，并探讨了这种技术未来可能的应用，如替代路灯。因此，选项C最能概括文章的主要内容，是最佳标题。
